PRETENTIOUSNESS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word pretentiousness. (close relations)
pretension
Best Alternative Words for PRETENTIOUSNESS
Expand? | Word | Save? | More Syns.. | Usage | Type | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
inflation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a general and progressive increase in prices • (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • the act of filling something with air | ||||||||
largeness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the capacity to understand a broad range of topics • large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness • the property of having a relatively great size • the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||||||||
ostentation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a gaudy outward display • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • pretentious or showy or vulgar display | ||||||||
ostentatiousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||||||||
pomposity | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||||||||
pompousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||||||||
pretension | nounn | |||||||
noun • a false or unsupportable quality • the advancing of a claim • the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||||||||
puffiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | ||||||||
splashiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity |